My Cartwheels quilt is now complete, and I am so happy with how it turned out! It’s a sweet little girl quilt for a sweet baby girl.

My gray and yellow love is still going strong, as you can see, plus I threw in some pink for good measure. The background is Kona Ash and the binding is this Lizzy House print, which is fabulous for binding!

This is how I almost always piece my quilt backs now–they’re pieced, but it’s pretty simple and quick piecing. I hardly ever buy fabric specifically for a quilt back anymore. I just use whatever I have in my stash that coordinates. But since I don’t usually buy a whole lot of any one print, it does necessitate a bit more piecing than if I was doing a back from all one print. That’s good, because it forces me to do something with the back at a time when I’m usually running out of steam on the project and getting lazy. : )

Since I’ve had a few requests, this pattern is now available for sale. The pattern includes a paper-piecing template for making the Cartwheel blocks, as well as full cutting and assembly instructions to make this quilt in three different sizes: Baby, Lap, and Twin. The Cartwheel block is a lot of fun and deceptively simple to sew—there aren’t any seams to match up when you put the block sections together, and that’s always the trickiest part of foundation piecing. So I hope you’ll give this one a try! Click here to purchase.

I've come back to see the quilt and the images are showing fine now – it's great! I am thinking that it would be a good pattern for a Christmas quilt, also (which I am on the search for). Thank you for sharing the pattern!

Thank you for the free pattern.When I first saw it, I imagined it in Halloween prints. Then I thought about how interesting it would be if I used Christmas fabrics — all scrappy, of course.I can't wait to see it worked up in Christmas/winter fabrics and made into a generous throw for my sofa….I might even use either flannel or minky-type fabric for the back.Mmmmm, the possibilities are endless.

I know I'm really late with thanking you but I put this in a folder whilst on vacation and have only just started to look at all the things I saved there. Thank you so very very much for this patter because I love it to pieces.